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The education day will cover:
- 1- Data and Decision Making
- 2- Descriptive Data Analytics
- 3- Predictive Data Analytics
- 4- Research Design and Potential Biases
- 5- Statistical Analysis
- 6- Research Planning
- 7- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Prescriptive Analytics
- – Ms. Valentina Al Hamouche, MSc., Health Systems Management, MRT(R), CEO
- – Dr. Hala Tamim, PhD, Epidemiology
- – Dr. Hossam Ali Hassan , PhD, Management Information Systems
- – Dr. Christo El Morr, PhD, Health Informatics
Short Biographies
Dr. Christo El Morr, PhD, Health Informatics: Christo El Morr is an Associate Professor of Health Informatics and the Health Informatics Certificate Coordinator at the school of Health Policy and Management, York University. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Compiègne University of Technology. His cross-disciplinary research covers health informatics and computer engineering. His research interests focus on Health Virtual Communities, Mobile Communities, e-collaboration, particularly in the domain of Chronic Disease Management and health promotion: Peripheral Arterial Disease, Kidney Diseases and Mental Health. His work in Global eHealth addresses Human Rights, Equity, and Gender Based Violence challenges. He also has research interests in Health Services and Patient Quality of Care (e.g. readmission patterns, dose reduction). He has published books, chapters, and articles in these areas including the “The first of its kind” book in Canada about Health Informatics from a Canadian perspective. He is a Research Scientist at North York General Hospital and work with collaborators from Saint Michael’s Hospital. In 2016, he received recognition as York U Research Leader. He has published many books, chapters, and articles in these areas including an upcoming book in Health Data Analytics.
Ms. Valentina Al Hamouche: Valentina holds an M.Sc. Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK and B.Sc. (Hons) in Radiography Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK Applied Health Sciences Department, Division of Radiography. She has also received a FAETC: Further Adult and Education Teacher’s Certificate from the College of North-East London, UK (1991), and a Diploma in Radiologic Technology American University of Beirut-Medical Centre Radiologic Technology Training Program, Lebanon. In 1994, she has pursued further education and training in radiation safety sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste Italy. She has over 25 years of radiography teaching experience at different Universities in Canada and abroad. She is a registration committee member at the College of Radiological Technologists of Ontario (CMRTO). She is certified with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). In 2017 she founded VCA Education Solutions for Health Professionals, Inc. In 2018, she was nominated for the OAMRS Practitioner of the Year award; and lately, she was appointed to represent CMRTO at Accreditation Canada.
Dr. Hala Tamim, PhD, Epidemiology : Dr. Hala Tamim is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University and holds an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. Hala has a PhD in epidemiology from McGill University and a Masters in Public Health from Emory University. She has over 20 years of professional teaching and training experience. Hala has extensive expertise in research methods and statistical analyses. She has managed several community based and multi-centre projects and has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers. Her main research interests are in the areas of maternal and child health, evaluation of trauma care, and adolescent health risk behaviours.
Dr. Hossam Ali Hassan PhD, Management Information Systems: Dr. Hossam Ali-Hassan is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Glendon College, York University, and an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University. He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from Schulich School of Business, York University and an MBA from McGill University. His current research interests include business analytics, data literacy, experiential learning, social media, social capital, job performance, and crowdsourcing. He has published his findings in journals such as The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, The Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences and The Journal of Information Systems Education. Prior to his academic career, he worked for many years as an IT specialist and consultant.
Mr. George Gorthy, BHA, MBA ITM: Mr. Goerge Gorthy has earned a Diploma in Medical Radiation Technology, Graduate Diploma in Ultrasonography, a Bachelor of Health Administration Degree, and Master of Business Administration (Information Technology Management). He has been a Healthcare professional for 30 years with experience in the clinical world as a radiographer and sonographer. The last 20 years have been spent in healthcare IT consulting, working as a Project Engineer for Siemens Medical and for over 10 years at IBM (last 3 years within IBM Watson Health Imaging) as a Senior Solutions Consultant providing Technical and Clinical sales support for our medical imaging and AI products.
Mr. Victor Brunka, B.A.: Mr. Victor Brunka is an artificial intelligence solutions specialist for healthcare. With his team, he is responsible for AIM’s software sales in North America, Europe and Australia. AIM’s AI technology transforms millions of clinical text documents into structured data that can be classified, searched and analyzed. AIM provides this software to the National Cancer Institute of the United States, 38 provincial and state agencies, and over 400 hospitals. Victor joined AIM in 1996. In the past 20 years, he has participated in nationwide data quality assurance projects, as well as pilot projects for data abstracting in cancer programs and research studies. He continues to enjoy sharing his knowledge and stories of the evolution of healthcare and technology, hoping that facilities may take advantage of the fast-growing technology to deliver more efficient and effective patient care.
Ms. Rachel Ho B.Sc., MRT(R): Ms. Rachel Ho is an MRT in the past 10 years and have later joined the Clinical Informatics team for an EMR implementation project. She gained her informatics knowledge from leading software solutions training and implementation projects. Being fascinated by the power of data that a healthcare professional can acquire from the available digital tools and platform, she joined AIM as a business analyst. Her role involves in understanding hospital workflows and providing solutions from AIM that can help convert data into meaningful use.
